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Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020


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7 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I feel like the definition of choke on Totallympics doesn’t always match the actual definition of the word. Yes, Holloway was the favorite, but it’s not like he made some major mistake that cost him the gold medal; he just got outraced. That’s not so much a choke as just a plain loss to a quicker competitor on the day. 
 

That’s my semantics lesson for the day :p

He was in the lead and gave it away, as the top favourite, and he was quite far below his earlier level. It's not the kind of mega chokes you see in shooting, but it does fit the description.

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1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

He was in the lead and gave it away, as the top favourite, and he was quite far below his earlier level. It's not the kind of mega chokes you see in shooting, but it does fit the description.

Yeah, I guess it’s more I wouldn’t use “choke” to describe his performance here. It’s below what he would have wanted/expected, but he’s still a medalist. For me, he just got outraced on the day. It happens. 

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2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah, I guess it’s more I wouldn’t use “choke” to describe his performance here. It’s below what he would have wanted/expected, but he’s still a medalist. For me, he just got outraced on the day. It happens. 

I don't think so. To me it looked as if he realized he was in a big lead and started playing it way too safe.

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3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah, I guess it’s more I wouldn’t use “choke” to describe his performance here. It’s below what he would have wanted/expected, but he’s still a medalist. For me, he just got outraced on the day. It happens. 

That's how I would have felt if he had run, say, 12.90 or something and Parchment was still faster :p 

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That’s got to be close to the record. It’s looks close at least…

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